There is another important reason why Yoshimoto Sadakachi made up his mind to withdraw the rest of his First Army to the south of the Yellow River. That is that the battle on the Eastern Front has come to an end, and the enemy's large tank clusters have been mainly used for fighting on the Eastern Front.
, it is possible to turn around and head west at any time.
Once the enemy army transfers the tank clusters that have been freed up on the eastern front to the south of Hebei or northeastern Henan, all the participating units of the First Army, which has suffered heavy losses and no longer has enough troops to hold on to the north of the Yellow River, will be in trouble.
A catastrophic disaster. Those were hundreds of tanks, not hundreds of trucks that were no threat.
The terrain on the Hebei-Shandong border is flat, which is conducive to the enemy's tank operations. Except for the Taihang Mountains in the west, the rest of northeastern Henan is basically the same as the Hebei-Shandong border area. Although it is the main grain producing area in Henan,
The terrain is extremely conducive to the rapid penetration of enemy tank groups.
For Yoshimoto Teiichi and his First Army, once the enemy tank group changes direction, the First Army, which has already suffered heavy losses and has very little strength left, may be worse off than last month's Yoshio.
.After all, when it comes to the two armies under the reorganized North China Front, his First Army has far less solid foundation than the Twelve.
Therefore, after these two divisions reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield in southeastern Shanxi, they did not make any stop in southeastern Shanxi. Under the order of Yoshimoto Teiichi, they combined with Jincheng and the entire Shanxi-Henan border area and withdrew directly to the south bank of the Yellow River in one go.
Kaifeng. With all the Japanese troops in the battlefield in southeastern Shanxi withdrawing across the Yellow River, it also represents the complete end of this battle.
While the Japanese troops were retreating from the battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi, the Hebei-Henan border area cooperated with them and tried to flank the battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi. The outcome was quite tragic. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei forces mobilized by Yang Zhen
Under the attack of the reinforcements, a division of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and troops from the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region in Shanxi, part of the Japanese and puppet troops in front of Dongyang Pass collapsed, and most of them were surrounded and annihilated.
The two infantry brigades of the Japanese army were trapped in front of Dongyang Pass and on the two hills in the southeast after many attempts to break through. After being cut off from water sources and all the supplies they carried, the supplies airdropped by the Japanese army were rarely able to fall due to the terrain.
In the hands of the Japanese army, the two infantry brigades trapped in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains were trapped alive in front of Dongyang Pass.
The brigade that attacked from Lin County and entered the front line of Hongti Pass reacted very quickly. After the frontal defeat at Dongyang Pass, they saw that the situation was not good and quickly retreated south on the spot before the outflanking troops from both wings came up to encircle them.
.Although they were severely bitten by the pursuing troops and lost nearly half of their troops, the main force finally ran back.
At present, the Eastern Front has been completely retreated, so leaving the First Army, which has suffered heavy losses and has less than 30% of its own combat effectiveness, hanging alone on the Pinghan Line. For Yoshimoto Sadichi, that is impossible no matter what.
Accepted. How to shrink the remaining forces together and stick to a certain aspect has become a difficult choice that Yoshimoto Teiichi needs to face.
However, compared to Eitaro Uchiyama, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi's actions were more bold. Not only did the remnants of the two divisions that had been withdrawn from the battlefield in southeastern Shanxi withdraw directly to the south of the Yellow River, he even even withdrew the troops that had not yet been attacked.
The whole of northern Henan was also given up, and the entire army contracted along the Longhai Railway south of the Yellow River with Kaifeng as the center. The Twelfth Army in the east also retreated across the old route of the Yellow River, leveling the entire front.
It's just that although Yoshimoto Teiichi gave up northern Henan and northeastern Henan, he played a trick during the retreat. He made a big fanfare during the retreat, and consciously exposed the entire retreat to the surrounding areas.
The first theater of war. And the other side also understood the situation and sent a group army to follow behind the Japanese retreating troops, and successively occupied the entire area west of Xiuwu, north of the Yellow River, and south of Jincheng.
As the Japanese troops on the western front abandoned the entire northeastern and northern Henan areas in the shortest possible time, they all withdrew across the old route of the Yellow River, biting the retreating Japanese Army's Western Anti-Alliance Cluster and pursuing them with troops from the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Regions.
The troops quickly moved south and almost completely recovered the entire northeastern Henan without any major battles.
The recovery of northeastern Henan also heralded the complete bankruptcy of the Japanese army's three-sided encirclement strategy against the anti-alliance forces in southern Hebei and the Hebei-Shandong border areas while adopting a frontal assault.
This is the complete end of the entire North China Campaign.
In this battle, the First Army and the Twelfth Army under the Japanese North China Front suffered heavy losses. Along with the two divisions that landed on the flanks, the elite divisions that had been heavily invested were completely wiped out. By the time the Japanese army had completely retreated,
As far as the old course of the Yellow River, the North China Front has basically lost its ability to sustain operations.
Together with the first phase of the battle, the Japanese army almost lost the entire control area in North China except central Shandong, southern Shandong, and eastern Henan. Although they also paid a heavy price, the Anti-Japanese Alliance that entered the pass after the battle, together with the North China Eighteenth Army,
The number of casualties among the various armies was also around 100,000. However, the battle ended with the Anti-Alliance annexation of the North China Eighteenth Army and a complete victory.
However, sometimes things often happen inadvertently. They chased the retreating Japanese troops on the Ping-Han Line and quickly went south to seize northeastern Henan to ensure that the anti-alliance troops in northwestern Shandong and southern Hebei Anzuo were in Huojia territory and came to receive them.
There was a little bit of friction among the troops in the first theater of war.
A division deployed in the First Theater was regarded as a puppet army in Nanjing by the two divisions of the Anti-Alliance Western Cluster that were chasing the Japanese First Army. Nanjing was the puppet government established under the protection of Japanese bayonets. In order to show
Due to his own orthodox status, all the puppet troops who nominally belong to his own order have also put on Chongqing military uniforms.
What's even worse is that the division commanders of the two divisions that went south to fight against the Anti-Japanese Alliance are both from the old Anti-Japanese Alliance, and this is their first encounter with the Chongqing army. And because in this battle, the North China puppet army did not participate in the battle in large numbers.
Few. Therefore, they are quite familiar with the puppet soldiers who are wearing exactly the same clothes as those from Chongqing, except for the different armbands and breast badges.
When the two armies encountered each other, the first division of the Anti-Japanese Alliance that served as the vanguard. According to the enemy information report issued by superiors before the pursuit, the Chongqing troops should now be south of the Yellow River. These soldiers were wearing the same military uniforms as the North China puppet troops.
They regarded it as a front army of the puppet army stationed in northeastern Henan and did not pay too much attention to it.
For the division commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance who commanded the vanguard troops, since they were puppet troops, what was there to say? Just eat them. Although there were only two regiments in hand, there were actually only five infantry battalions. But for the puppet troops
The army looked down upon him and immediately launched an attack without any hesitation.
In fact, the so-called peaceful anti-communist founding army of the Wang Puppet regime in Nanjing copied the military uniforms of Chongqing in order to show off that it was orthodox. Although the military uniforms of the two are almost identical on the surface, in fact, apart from the chest badge, there is no difference between the two.
Apart from armbands, there are still some differences in subtleties.
For example, on the cap badge, there is a circle of red around the cap badge of the Nanjing side. The color of the military uniform is also slightly lighter than that of the Chongqing side. There are also certain differences in the design of the pockets of the military uniform. The most important thing is that on the flag, in addition to the normal military flag,
In addition, there is also a yellow diaper-like pennant.
In a hurry, who has the time and energy to distinguish the difference between the military uniforms of the two. But anyway, the superiors said in the enemy situation report that there is enough of a puppet army organized by the front army in this area. Anyway, since it is a puppet army.
Army, then fight first and then talk about it.
As a result, the division commander who commanded the vanguard moved very neatly. When the political commissar of the division arrived in Huojia with a reinforcement regiment and artillery, he commanded the five battalions of the vanguard of the entire Anti-Alliance force heading south.
It has been divided into three and five, and the division in the first theater has been directly defeated.
Except for a regiment led by a regiment leader who was behind the break, seeing the opportunity coming, they quickly retreated and escaped. The division's headquarters and mid-level officers were all captured, and all the troops were defeated. Fortunately, the two anti-alliance fighters who participated in the war were
In addition to mortars and 12mm machine guns, the heavy weapons of the regiment did not catch up in time. Although the division collapsed a bit quickly, the casualties were not large.
However, after capturing the division commander and several senior officers, I discovered that although the military uniforms were similar, the words on the chest tags of the captured prisoners were somewhat different from those of the North China Puppet Army. Only then did I discover the true nature of this army.
When the identity was revealed, it was too late to say anything. The two armies had never been in contact with each other before, so it was considered acquaintance without fighting.
In fact, not only did the Anti-Japanese Alliance fight in confusion in this battle, but the new division that entered Huojia territory in front of them in the First War Zone lost even more inexplicably. When he was ordered to cross the river and go north to regain the "lost ground", Shangfeng did not tell this area
There will be such a well-equipped "Communist Army".
When they found out that a team came in front of them, their military uniforms and weapons were very different from those of the Japanese army, and their military uniforms were also very different from those of the puppet troops who had surrendered to the enemy in Chongqing. Before they could send anyone to contact them, they were attacked by their opponents.
The whole front line was pressed, and the flanking tactics were completely defeated.
This new division belonging to the First Theater Theater, with a total strength of only more than 4,000 people, was overwhelmed by this opponent, which was the first time it encountered it, before it had time to expand. Although the division headquarters was in the middle of the two regiments, it was also overwhelmed by the resistance.
A battalion interspersed with the couplet made dumplings directly.
When the two armies who had fought in confusion found that they had found the wrong opponent, they were extremely embarrassed. Facing the captured Chongqing major general division commander, colonel deputy division commander, lieutenant colonel chief of staff, and two
There are still more than 2,000 prisoners under the command of a regiment, and the division commander of the Anti-Union Army doesn't know what to do with them.
The local armed forces of the Jiluyu Military Region that were originally active in this area could not help much. Although there were frictions with some parties before, they were local stubbornness. Now facing the entire regular division of the First War Zone,
They don't know how to deal with it either.
As for the captured Chongqing division commander, besides being curious about the opponent who defeated him, he had no hatred towards his opponent. On the contrary, he was quite annoyed towards his superior. Before crossing the Yellow River, he was still a little puzzled.
How could such a good thing happen to me, a new and unknown editor?
At present, the inflation in the rear area is getting higher every day. The legal currency is depreciating every day, and the increase in military pay is far from keeping up with the inflation rate. It is increasingly difficult to support a family with increasingly meager military pay alone.
.Not to mention the current miscellaneous army, it is quite good for the Central Army to have a stable station now. It would be better if the station was richer or had some special products.
Having a more stable station is equivalent to having some other gray income. In this way, although the military salary cannot be increased, these gray income can at least change the living dilemma caused by the current rise in prices and the lack of military salary increase. Big
Those high-ranking officials in the rear did not wait for the stable rear area. They tried every means to mobilize to the front line. Isn't it just for this little benefit?